flamed cypress

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leigh

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Joined: Mar. 28 2013

flamed cypress

I was wondering if this guitar could be flamed cypress it looks more like maple to me ? It was advertised as flamed cypress with a cedar top.
All thoughts are welcome

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 7 2013 14:10:26

Leñador

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From: Los Angeles

RE: flamed cypress (in reply to leigh)

Could be, with finish all over it it's tough to say definitively but maple GENERALLY tends to be whiter.

EDIT: I suck.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 7 2013 15:22:29

Anders Eliasson

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RE: flamed cypress (in reply to leigh)

In my eyes, it looks 100% like maple/sycamore that has been colored slightly

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 7 2013 17:28:07

C. Vega

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Joined: Jan. 16 2004

RE: flamed cypress (in reply to leigh)

I'm with Anders.
That's not cypress.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 7 2013 17:36:52

leigh

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Joined: Mar. 28 2013

RE: flamed cypress (in reply to leigh)

Thats what i thought interesting combo though cedar/ maple

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 7 2013 18:14:05

tijeretamiel

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Joined: Jan. 6 2012

RE: flamed cypress (in reply to leigh)

quote:

ORIGINAL: leigh

Thats what i thought interesting combo though cedar/ maple

I came across a Bernal of that combination

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 8 2013 9:44:53

Sr. Martins

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Joined: Apr. 4 2011

RE: flamed cypress (in reply to leigh)

The crap about this kind of figured woods for the back & sides is that they seem to never match the top. It always looks to me that the b&s are "embracing/containing" the top.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 8 2013 9:50:36

leigh

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Joined: Mar. 28 2013

RE: flamed cypress (in reply to tijeretamiel)

Nice sounding guitar very powerful. I have a classical guitar up for sale here in Holand and I got a mail of a guy that want to swop with his German Torres in this combination.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 8 2013 10:44:39